Equity
Equity fell by 57% in 19 years.
Equity fell by 57% in 19 years.
Of this, €151,386 falls due within a year.
Between 2010 and 2025, 76% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.
ARTOIS bvba pays its suppliers 20 days later than in 2024. Customers pay 2 days later.
Nine of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 242 days after the end of the period.
Lower solvency than 84% of companies in wood and cork. Sector median 43.1% · 337 companies.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.5% across 1,032 companies (NACE 16, micro).
About 1 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 10 more points roughly halve it.
| 75-100 | Excellent | under 0.55% |
| 60-74 | Healthy | 0.55% to 1.5% |
| 45-59 | Fair | 1.5% to 4.2% |
| 25-44 | Weak | 4.2% to 15.0% |
| 0-24 | Critical | over 15.0% |
Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 16, micro). It does better than 21% of them on solvency, 25% on liquidity, 43% on profitability and 37% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 04-11-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
In July 2024, 3,984 companies had the same profile as ARTOIS bvba has now. Each dot stands for 10 companies, two years later.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of ARTOIS bvba itself: 1.0% within 12 months.
The method was tested on the 497,446 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 4 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 5 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| 7 | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 9 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 10 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 3,984 companies, not a prediction for ARTOIS bvba. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Liquidity is tight, with a current ratio of 1.11 (0.9 in 2024), below the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 36.8% and cash 1.9% of total assets. 88% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
Show the recommended maximum and see how the verdict changes with amount, term and advance.
The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 38 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 16), the median for financial year 2024 was 3 days before the deadline, and 37% of those companies filed late.
| Company | Turnover | EBIT margin | Solvency | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTOIS bvba Keerbergen | €301,506 | 8.6% | 12.0% | - |
| R.W.R. Paletten Brecht | - | - | 24.2% | - |
| ADEMA Nivelles | - | - | 83.6% | - |
| POLYPHONIC Charleroi | €912,138 | 5.9% | 23.1% | - |
| MERTENS CADRES - MERTENS KADERS Brussels | - | - | 0.3% | 5.1 |
| LOGI-BOIS Awans | - | - | 10.0% | - |
| VERBOVEN TRADING & CONSULTING Vorselaar | - | - | 60.4% | - |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (wood and cork (NACE 16)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as ARTOIS bvba: manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (NACE 16240). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €159,000 and €683,000, founded between 1983 and 2003.
ARTOIS bvba has existed since 1983. Turnover fell from €1.0m in 2006 to €301,506 in 2025.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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